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Staunton Spectator. STAUNTON, VA. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1860. STAUNTON SPECTATOR hav ing as large a circulation as any paper pub lished in Western Virginia, has no superior iv this section ot country as an advertising medium. L EGAL AL>VERTISEMENTS.-The under signed hereby give notice that from this date they will decline the j.ublication of Chancery Orders and other legal advertisements, unless the parties in terested agree to pay for them at our regular advertis ing rates; nor will they certify to the publication ot _uch advertisements unless they are paid for in ad vance, or unless payment is assumed by some respon sible person. They are forced to take this position from the fact that they rarely get any compensation for such advertising, aud when they do are forced to take half-pay or nothing. WADDELL k CO.. Prop'rs Spectator. MICHIE & CO., Prop's Vindicator. Staunton, Sept. it, 1853. Senator Douglas. The peculiar and interesting position of this distinguished politician, justifies a frequent re ference to him. A short time ago he was unanimously repudiated by the South on ac count of alleged unsoundness on the slavery question; aud even now the Democratic mem hers of the United States Senate, with only two or three exceptions, take advantage ot every opportunity to show their want of confidence in him and to injure his prospects for the Presiden tial nomination. At the beginning of the ses sion they refused to re-appoint him Chairman ot the Committee on Territories, a place which he had held for many years; and quite recently, for the purpose of crushing him out utterly, they have adopted resolutions in a party caucus, an tagonistic to his peculiar views, intended as a programme for the Charleston Convention. In vain did Mr. Pugh, of Ohio, warn the caucus that no candidate could get an electoral vote at the North on such a platform. Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, the only Southern friend Mr. Douglas has in the Senate, also protested against the res olutions, but to no purpose. The resolutions will be presented iv the Senate and adopted by the majority of that body, and go forth to the country as an authoritative declaration of the position of the party on the slavery question and against Douglas. In the midst of all these assaults Senator Douglas has kept his temper admirably. No provocation has caused him to utter a word of reproach against his Southern allies. On every occasion, the Little Giant is the most nimble member of the Senate to draw on his boots and seize his club in defence of the South. When Seward delivered his great speech Douglas was immediately ready with a reply. The New York Senator adopted a new and insidious phra seology, saying "labor States" and "capital States," instead of free and slave States. Doug las caught it up, and, alluding to the shoema kers' strike in Massachusetts, said : "It is anoth er step in the •irrepressible conflict.' Therefore, we now get this new coinage of 'labor States'— he is on the side of the shoemakers and 'capi tal States'—he is against those who furnish the hides." But all this profits him nothing so far as the Senate is concerned. The Democratic members are bent on his rnin, and repudiate his alliance. Douglas keeps on his way, in the meanwhile, as mild as a May morning. He is playing his game with wonderful skill, and that he will come out winner we entertain hardly a doubt. In the Charleston Convention, the delegates from the non-slaveholding States will be almost unan imously in his favor, while a very large number, if not a majority, of the Southern delegates will be prepared to take him up as a second choice. We regard his nomination as nearly certain, or at least as far more probable than that of any other prominent aspirant. Already we see sev eral prominent Southern politicians, who were lately active and bitter in their opposition, changing front and preparing to give him their support. Mr. Pryor, of this State, has found ont that Mr. Douglas' "sqnatter sovereignty" notions are not worth the importance which has been assigned to them, and that they should consti tute no bar to fellowship with the Democracy. This will no doubt bo the prevailing sentiment at Charleston, notwithstanding the impolitic declarations of a few bnights-errant like Mr. McMullen, of Little Tennessee, that they will under no circumstances vote for a candidate who holds 6uch doctrines. There is, however, one hope left to his irreconcilable opponents—Ben ton is said to have expressed the opinion that Douglas' coat tail was too near the ground for him ever to be President. We have always regarded Senator Douglas as Kerv obnoxious politician. His fillibnsterism |ism '7--LK*r_ v y are distasteful to ns.— i pneitum i_ .egard to -!;very in the Territo ries is th~ vc."F least obj-3.etir> we ftcl fo nir_. ' The District Conventions. A writer in the Rockingham Register nomi nates Hiram L. Onie, of Augusta, and Robert A. Gray, of Rockingham, as delegates from tbis District to tbe Charleston Convention, and reo ommends tbem as "national Democrats," un fettered by personal preferences. The District Convention to elect delegates to Charleston will meet in Harrisonburg on the 9th of April. The Convention for tiie Fourteenth Electoral District, wbicb met at Parkersburg on the loth, elected Hunter delegates by about two thousand majority. It is reported that the Hunter men in Louisa county played a shabby trick upon tbe friends of Gov. Wise, at their meeting to appoint delegates to the District Convention, on the 12th inst. A resolution iv favor of W T ise having been offered and supported by a large majority, a division was called for, and the majority going out of tbe hall to allow the votes lo be counted, the minority availed themselves of tbe opportu nity to break up the meeticg! The Wise men in Albemarle also are complaining of unfair deal ing in that county. Tbe Convention which met at Norfolk on the 16th, was unanimous iv expressing a prefer ence for Governor Wise. The Winchester and Wheeling Districts have gone for Senator Hun ter, so far, therefore, Hunter has three Dis tricts, and Wise one. North British Review. The February number of this publication, re cently issued by Messrs. L. Scott & Co., of New York, is one of more than usual interest, _s will be seen by the following table of contents: 1. Salon Life—Madame Racamier, 2. Coast Defen ces and Rifle Corps, 8. Erasmus as a Satirist. 4. The -Science of Scripture, 5. Austria, 6. Form and Color, 7. We-leyan Methodism, 8. Ceylon and the Singhalese, 9. Professor George Wilson, 10. Fossil Footprints, 11. Recent Publications. The present is a favorable time to begin new subscriptions. Tho price of the four Reviews and Blackwood's Magazine is $10, for any two $5, or for any one $8. Sunday Trains. It will be seen by au advertisement in anoth er column tbat the Directors of the Central Railroad have determined to discontinue tbe running of Sunday trains, between Gordonsviile and Stannton, after the first ot April. We are very much gratified at this action of the Board, and hope tbat before long they vvill see fit to such trains over the whole line. Board at Charleston. The landlords at' Charleston say, in excuse for the high price of $5 a day which they propose < charging boarders during the session of tbe t Democratic National Convention, that the most exorbitant rates are demanded of them for all the food they will need. Beef is already selling at Charleston at. twenty-five cents a pound. — A New York letter says that many of the "Roughs" of that city, who had determined to go, have changed their minds siuce they heard of the price of board in Charleston. If this be so the landlords will have accomplished one good object, but we imagine that the "Roughs" will not be so easily turned aside from their purpose. They can charter steamers to go by water, and lodge on board when they arrive. Arrange ments are in progress for chartering the steamer Yorktown, for the use of the Virginia delegates and others who wish to attend the Convention, at $_5 each the round trip, the passengers to , make the steamer their head quarters for eating and sleeping during the stay at Charleston. 1 It is stated, however, that the National Dem ■ ocratic Committee are considering the question l of changing the place of meeting. Complaints - of exorbitant charges are not made .'.gainst the " hotel keepers alone, but $50 per day will be charged for the use of parlors, and $250 per day ) for a public hall. Such extortion is in the high ? est degree discreditable to the people of Cbarlee i ton. Both Richmond and Baltimore are putting in - their claims for th© Convention. The former t tenders the use of the African Church, and the - latter promises that the hotel keepers will de r maud nothing more than the usual rate of charg j- es. But some of the newspapers say that the - Cincinnati Convention having fixed the place of i meeting, the National Committee has no power i to change it. New Books. The Historical Evidences of the Truth of the Scripture Record*. By Geo. Rawlinson, M. A. Boston, Could & Lincoln. Price, $1.25. It is impossible to speak too highly of this in teresting and valuable work. Mr. Rawlinson is a minister of t_e Church of Englaud, editor of tbe "History of Herodotus" &c, and a brother of Sir Henry Rawlinson, the celebrated explorer of the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon. It embraces eight lectures delivered in the Oxford Universi ty pulpit, in the year 1859, on what is called "the Bampton Foundation," the Rev. John Bampton having made a bequest to the Univer sity of Oxford for the endowment of eight lec tures annually in defence of the Christian relig ion. The author takes the writings of the Old and new Testaments, and, waiving the question of thew* inspiration, views them as a mass of documents subject to the laws, and to be judged by the principles of historical criticism, discuss ing their genuineness and vindicating their au theiiticity. A vast fund of historical learning and all tho discoveries of modern times in the valleys of the Euphrates and the Nile, are brought to boar upon the subject. Goithold's Emblems, published by the same house, and advertised in another column, wili be found very attractive, both on account of its contents and the handsome style in which it is printed. Messrs. Gould & Lincoln are confer ring great benefits upon the country by the works which issue from their press. The Augusta Delegates. The Richmond Index, in its personal sketches of the members of the House of Delegates, no tices the delegates from this county as follows: Bolivar Christian, of Augusta, is a lawyer, but Lading a life of "single blessedness," Which is wrong for so clever a gentleman. No repre seat-five on the floor of tho House excels him in working for the interests of his constituents; in fact, he is an invaluable member, and never flags In his devotion to the great interests of the State, as well as the institutions for the unfor tunate which are situated in his couuty. As a parliamentarian, he has few equals of his age. Nathaniel Massie, of Augusta, is an ex-mer chant, and a married man. He is a gentleman of the "old school," and well qualified, in every way, for a good working representative. No man in the House has the respect of its mem bers more than Nathaniel Massie. J. Marshall McCue, of Augusta, is a farmer, and single. He is a most ardent admirer of the ladies, and, as a consequence, is a great "ladies man." It is somewhat remarkable, however, that "Cupid's arrow" has failed to make a lodg ment in his heart, as he is now old enough to come under "Ballard's Bachelor Bill." Is an exceedingly clever gentleman—possessing a good mind, and well fitted to fill the place he occu pies. Augusta is well represented by her trio of Massie, McCue and Christian. A Rare Offer I ; Some days ago one of the editors of this paper , received by mail, a letter dated Wilmington, Delaware, March 1,1860, and signed H. R. Hood & Co. These gentlemen are "agents and au thorized dealers for tbe consolidated Lotteries of Delaware." They propose to sell us a pack age of twenty-six Lottery tickets, for "the cost of only $20," which tbey guarantee will draw - least $200! Their object is to secure our in fluence in tbis locality, and they ask us to regard tbe proposition as "strictly confidential." We will be candid enough witb Messrs. Hood & Co. to inform them that we lack confidence in tbeir guarantee, and therefore suggest that they send v* two hundred dollars minus the twenty. It will amouut to tbe same thing, and save us the trouble, to say nothing of the risk, of remitting tbe price of the tickets. Messrs. Hood & Co. will please excuse us for exposing tbeir villa nous proposition, although it comes under the garb of a confidential communication. The Tax Bill. The House of Delegates, with the view of in creasing tbe revenue and encouraging foreign, trade and home manufactures, has added a clause to the tax bill imposing a tax of one per cent, upon the sales of merchants, except articles ot direct importation from foreign portu and ar ticles manufactured in the Slate. The matter has created a great excitement iv Richmond, and the merchants have held a meeting to protest a gainst the passage of the bill. Sugar, molasses and rum from tbe West Indies would be exempt from tax, and the Southern States which pro duce those articles would be discriminated a gainst. It is said also tbat a mercantile firm in Baltimore, whoso annual sales amount to $500,- --000, pay a tax of $140, while a Virginia mer chant doing the same amount of business would, under the law alluded to, be required to pay $5,000! The merchants of Alexandria, Norfolk and Wheeling have also held meetings and re monstrated against the tax. Harper's Ferry Expenses. It is rumored that tho claims put in on ac count of the Harper's Ferry affair amount to one million of dollars. Tbe Senate has adopted a resolution calling upon the Commissioners to re port the items in full. A large part of these claims must be for constructive services. As Mr. Stuart said in his speech in the Senate, that kind of patriotism which seeks to run its arm elbow-deep into the Treasury, ought to be repu diated. See proceedings of the House on Satur day. T_n_ Witcfiei* Examination. —The examina tion of Capt. Vincent Witcher, for the killing of the Messrs. Clement, some eight or ten days ago, in Franklin county, resulted in bis being com mitted for trial. The Lynchburg Republican learns, that bail was refused and the prisoner re manded to jail. Mr. Smith and the eon of Mr. Witcher, wbo were also implicated, have been sent on for trial before an examining court, which will meet on Monday next. STAUNTON SPECTATOR AND GENERAL .ADVERTISER. Legislature of Virginia. Monday, March 12th.— Senate. —A communi- j cation from the Governor, recommending an ex tension of the session, wa- received. It says:— j "There are now in various stages of forward-1 uess, between both Houses, no less than 160 bills." Also a communication recommending' the publication, for the use of the State, of a work on military tactics, by Maj. Gilliam, of the Va. Military Institute. On motion of Mr. Stuart, the resolutions for an extension of the session were taken up. It was determined, by a vote of 30 to 12, to extend the session ••for a term not exceeding that al lowed by the Gon_titution"—in other words to the 2nd of April. A bill to pay the Commonwealth's Attorney of Jefferson county $300 for extra services, was introduced and read. It was advocated by Messrs. Thomas and Wickham, and opposed by Messrs. Stuart and Douglas. A joint resolution for the purchase of a new uniform for the Jefferson Guards, of Charles town, was passed. The Bank bill was taken up. Mr. Newlon moved that the Senate recede from their substi tute. Messrs. Beale, Stuart and Douglas op posed the House amendment, and Mr. Thomas, of F., advocated it; and pending the question, the Senate adjourned. House. —The joint resolution for extending the session to the 2nd of April was concurred in —ayes 95, noes 38. The bill making special provisions and im posing penalties in certain cases of traffic with the slaves and free negroes of this Common wealth, was passed. The tax bill was taken up and variously a rifcnded. Tuesday.— Senate. —The Senate tax bill was , taken up and passed. Mr. Brannon stated that it would increase the revenue of tho Comnion ' wealth at ltast $150,000, without any increase • iv the rate of taxation. The Governor transmitted a communication ) from Hon. P. B. Starke, the Commissioner , from Mississippi, returning acknowledgments for courtesies lately received as the guest of the • State. The House amendment to the Bank Redemp tion law, lately passed by the Senate, was dis cussed. 5 House.— The bill for selling into slavery free • negroes convicted of certain crimes was passed, • and the Senate joint resolution to furnish new - uniforms to the Jefferson Guards was concurred s in. £ The General Tax bill was discussed till the hour of adjournment. A motion to license faro - banks was voted down, aud all efforts to re f lieve salaries from taxation failed. As the bill 3 now stands all salaries of public officers and others are taxed. Wednesday.— Senate. —Resolutions were a dopted calling ou the Auditing Board of Har per's Ferry expenses, for a detailed statement of he present standing of the affair. A bill was reported amending the act passed for establish ing a State Armory, &c. The further consider ation of a substitute for the bill to amend the charter ot the James River and Kanawha Com pany was postponed till next Tuesday. A very long and interesting correspondence between Gov. Letcher aud the Governor of Ohio, relative to the surrender of Merriam, one of John Brown's men, was read. The bill concerning bank redemption will come up for final action next Wednesday. House —Most of the day was consumed in dis cussing sections of the bill imposing taxes for the support of government. An important fea ture was added—to lax merchants on the actual amount of their sales. It charges 1 per cent, on the sales of merchants, exempting entirely all goods of direct importation and all goods made or bought ia Virginia. Thursday.— Senate. —The bill increasing the salary of the Auditor to $3000 was rejected. The Committee oa Military Affairs reported adversely to publishing Maj. Gilliam's work on military tactics. A bill for the relief of Simon Coiner, of Au gusta, was passed. House.—A number of bills were passed.— Nothing of interest. Friday.— Senate.- -The Committee cf Courts of Justice recommended the rejection of the bill authorizing the sale iuto slavery of free negroes .-eutonced to receive certain punishment. House. —A large number of Senate bills were passed, among them one to pay the proprietors of tho .Exchange Hotel $995,93 for enteitaiuing Gen Starke, Commissioner from Mississippi. The bill chartering the Richmond & Lynch burg Railroad was discussed. The voto being taken it was found that no quorum was present. Saturday.— Senate. —Nothing of interest. House. —The Board of Commissioners report ed th-.. the whole expense of the Harper's Fer ry invasion will probably reach $200,000, and should this be the case an additional appropria tion oi $27,000 will be necessary. The total ap propriation thus far is $225,000; total claims presented, allowed or paid, $36,274; makiug a deficit of $11,274.12 should no further claims be presented. , For the Spectatoi\ Messrs. Editors: —We could but observe the invidious effusion of "A Voter" in your last is sue. He tells us "there are eight or nine(?) cau i didates for the office of Sheriff, and knowing them all personally to be gentlemen of the high est grade, I have naught to set down iv malice against any one of them." Yet, what does he do in the very succeeding sentence, but imply a doubt of the veracity ot all these geutlemen of tbe highest grade? He informs the voters of the lower end of the couuty "if you want a man for Sheriff, free from all combination, &c.f he can tell you who to vote for. Now why those italics ? Have not all the candidates answered tbe interrogatories of "Long Glade and Mossy Creek," telling us there was Perhaps "A Voter" don't take the papers, or does be think tbe reply of bis favorite requires "A Voter" as endorser ? Besides, "A Voter" has misrepresented the result at "bis last election.' Upon an examination of the poll books we find, in the aggregate, 35 votes cast for another, and we are informed lhat the other was not a regu lar candidate, yet, was voted for from personal preference. We hope the candidates may be allowed a free, untrameled race, and a merry time of it, and trust none will be incommoded by "Stake- on the bob-tail nag, While somebody bets on the bay." Our choice for Sheriff will be made known in May next by A Majority of Voters. Wiiig State Central Executive and Cor responding Committee.—The President of the late Whig Convention has appointed the follow ing Committee in obedience to the instructions of tbe Convention: Richmond City—R. T. Daniel, Wm. H. Mac tarland, H. K. Edysoo, A. J. Crane, Chas. Pal mer, A. B. Guigm, J. W. Wright, Marmaduke Johnson, J. R. Fisher, Luther Libby, Andrew Johnson, George Whitfield, Wyndbam Robert son, Dr. Jobn Dove, R. Ridgway, Francis J. Smith, Jos. Brammell, P. R. Gratton, S. F. Adie, J. R. Crenshaw, Toos. E. Ballard, T. B. P. In graham, Geo. W. Smith, T. J. Evans, Jobn C. Shields. Ist Electoral District, Sam'l Watts, Ports mouth ; 2nd, J. Bingham, Petersburg; 3rd, T. S. Flournoy, Halifax co. ; 4th, D. J. Woodfffi, Buckingham co.; sth, Wm. H. Southall, Albe marle co.; 6th, Wm. C. Wickham, Hanover co.; 7th, Joseph Segar, Elizabeth city; Bth, Alex. A. Little, Fredericksburg; 9th, Lewis W.McKenzie Alexandria co.; 10th, Phillip Williams, Freder ick co; 11th, John B. Baldwin, Staunton ; 12th, Ti.os. Matthews, Lewisburg, Greenbrier co.; 13th, Jos. T. Campbell, Washington co.; 14th, Daniel Frost, Jackson, co; 15th, A. B. CaldwelL Ohio co. Stevens and Hazlett-.—The execution of Ste vens and Hazlett took place at Charlestown, on Friday, the 16th, in the presence of a vast as semblage of spectators, who flocked in from the surrounding country in vast numbers, there be ing no military law to prevent tbeir tree ingress aud egress. At eight minutes past twelve o'clock, after bidding adieu to their jailors and friends on the gallows, tbe ropes were attached to their necks and they were swung off. Hazlett seemed to die very easy ; but Stevens, who was a power ful and elegant-formed man, with ptrong muscu lar development, struggled for a considerable time and appeared to suffer very much. Both Hazlett and Stevens exhibited great | firmness and resignation, fully equal to tbat dis- , played by Captain Brown aud their otber com- • pamons in the Harper's Ferry insurrection. There were no religious exercises on the gal lows, as they persisted in refusing all the kindly offers of the ministry to comfort tbem in their last moments. Thirty-Sixth Congress—First Session. Monday, March 12, IB6o.—Senate.— After the morning hour, the Senate took up the case of Mr. Hyatt, the contumacious witness in the Har per's Ferry Investigation, and finally directed his committal to the common jail vi til willing to testify. The vote stood 44 to 10. House. —The Homestead bill, giving to every head of a homestead on the public lands on condition of occupation and cultivation, was passed—yeas 114, nays 66. The bill providing for the payment of outstanding treasury notes, authorizing a Government loan, and regulating j and fixing the duties on foreign imports, was re- J reported from the Committee on Ways and Means. Tuesday.— Senate.— Mr. Toombs introduced a bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies. The Homestead bill was made the order of tbe day for Thursday next—yeas 31, nays 21. The bill to amend the act for the] establishment of the Court of Claims was then! taken up. I House.— The House passed the bill inviting] proposals for carrying the mail between the At lantic and Pacific States. In Committee of the Whole Mr. Kellogg, of Illinois, made a speechj reiterating h ; s charge of a conference between" the editor of the New York Tribune and Mr. Douglas, the object being to devise measures to secure the return of the latter to the Senate.— The speech excited much interest. Wednesday.-— Senate.— Mr. Wigfall's amend ment to the Military Academy bill making an appropriation for a regiment of mounted volun j teers to be employed in defending the Texan frontier was adopted. House. —A number of bills and resolutions were reported, chiefly from the Judiciary Com mittee. Among them is an act to prevent and punish polygamy in the Territories. Also reso lutions instructing the Committee to inquire as to the legality of slavery in the Territories, the propriety of paying the Spanish claims in the Amistad case, aud whether additional legisla-' tion is necessary to carry out the constitutional clause for the rendition of fugitives. Mr. Curry, of Alabama, made a speech, insist ing on protection to slavery in the Territories.— Mr. Vance, of North Carolina, made a speech in justification of slavery. Thursday.— Senate. —After some business ot no interest, the Senate went into Executive ses sion. House.— Nearly all of the session was occupied in amending the rules of the House. Friday.— Senate. —The bill providing for the sale of arms by the Government to the different States was discussed. Adjourned till Monday. House. —Nearly all day was occupied in con sidering amendments to the rule. For the Spectator. Election of Judge. The assault made by Mr. Fultz upon the offi cial fidelity and efficiency of Judge Thompson bas not only failed to injure the Judge, but has recoiltd upon its author witb such force and ef fect that some of bis friends consider bim a per secuted lllUlli Tbe records to which Mr. Fultz himself ap pealed in support of his charges turned out to be most conclusive evidence in Judge Thompson's favor, and it now appears that in "waking up the bleeping Docket" Mr. Fultz has "waked up the wrong passenger." ■ There is one matter connected with this charge of delaying the business of tbe Court--, wbicb bas not yet been noticed, and whic!. seems to me to be worthy ot public attention as illustrating the disposition to throw upon tbe Judge the blame which properly belongs to the lawyers and their clients. It must bave occurred to many persons to in quire whether the law does not furnish some means ot compelling a Judge to discbarge bis duties, and it so how it lias happened that Mr. Fultz has all tbis time submitted to the delays ot wbicb he now complains. In the Code of Virginia, page 671, § 3, will bo found the following provision : "§ 3. Any party asking tbe Court to bear a case, may, if the Court refu.*e to bear it, have bis application spread upon the record, with a statement of the tacts in relation thereto. A copy of such state ment shall bo transmitted to tbe General Court, which may thereupon award a mandamus to compel a bearing of tbe e-ise, or remove the same to the General Court, or another Circuit Court. Tbe Cleik of the General Court shall annually, before iix\ 20th day of December, transmit to tbe General Assembly copies of any such statements received by him during the year e;iding on tbe loth day ot that month, and also : copies of the proceedings of the General Conrt during the sa;d year, ou the same or any former statements, lor wbich copies the Clerk"sball be paid out of the treasury." Since the new Constitution tbe Court of Ap peals is substituted for the General Court. Here then we have tbe means of speeding causes and at tbe same timeot bringing tbe mis conduct of the Judge to the attention ot tbe Gen era! Assembly whose duty it is in a proper case to remove him from office. _Tow I presume Mr. Fultz has hardly underta ken to complain of delays in the business ot oth er lawyers; it would hardly do for him to act the champion for those who admit no grievance. If in bis own business he has known Judge Thompson to delay cases improperly or to refuse to hear them without just cause, now will be explain to bis clients and to tho public tbe fact that having always had in his pnw«r so complete and efficient a remedy be has wholly failed and neglected to make use of it in vindication of rights committed to bis care and wbicb be was sworn to protect and defend. Why does be call upon tbe people to remedy what has ail along been within his own power? With what face can he call upou Hercules when be bas refused to put bis own shoulder to tbe wheel ? Is be prepared to admit that tbe desire to get Judge Thompson's office, is a stronger mo tive witb bim thau bis sworn duty to bis clients ? It. L. J. For the Spectator. To Middle River and North Mountain. We know, and we are satisfied, that neither the present Sheriff nor bis deputies will ride for Col. Lilley as a deputy during tho next term oi tbe Sheriffalty. And if Middle River and North Mountain will carefully read bis card in the Vindicator of Feb. 3d., tbey will be of the same opinion ; and further, we know that Col. Lilley is no paper shaver, or speculator in that line ; aud we know that any collections made by him or through bis deputies, would be promptly paid over. Col. Lilley bas a high regard for the present Sheriff and his deputies. Tiieir official conduct may bave raised them in public estima tion until they are like Ca3sar's wife, "beyond suspicion." Still he is of opinion there aro "oth er citizens of the county, wbo could fill tbeir places equally as well. The tendency of tbeir inexpressible aud almost uncontrollable sympa thetic affections for another candidate, might have had some influence in determining bim not to subject those deputies to the necessity of in serting a notice in the county papers that "they would not ride for any other mauthan ," their choice, as some of tbem did four years ago with one ot the present candidates when be was out for tbe same office. We see in your last issue a card under the signature of "A Voter," extolling one of the candidates, (wbo is at this time on an election eering tour in the lower end of the county, witb all bis modesty and independence.) We pre sume "A Voter" did not get his information from tbe poll-books of tbe district, when stating that be received every vote in the district ex cept four, or if he bad he would have perceived that he bad made a little mistake. It has been asserted tbat he would not los 6 a vote ia the Greenville distriot; but if he obtains one-half of them, we believe be will bo doing a very fair business in electioneering regardless of bis mod esty. He is not ruuning this race alone as in former times, wben balf a dozen votes would have elected him, if his opponent only got four. The friends of one, or the candidate himself, ur ges, in his favor, as we learn, a claim of unre quited public service. We are of opinion Col. Lilley has as large a claim of tbat sort as any other candidate. He served about 16 years as a Justice of the Peace, and served in several oth er offices for about the same pay. Regardless ot any claim in tb_t way, we are of the opinion that tbe chance for an entirely new Sheriffalty will be more easily accomplished through bim than by any other candidate now before the people. With that object in view, we bave no doubt that it successful, it will be generally a gratification to the people, and particularly to those in favor of Rotation and Opposition. According to the official statement, the Har per's Ferry raid has cost the State in money two j hundred and sixty thousand dollars. 1 .Ik %____■___ For the Spectator. Judicial Election. Mem's. Editors: —According to my promise in your paper of the 28th February, I now pro ceed to the examination of the subjects in rela tion to the judicial election in this circuit, as therein indicated. The natural order in which the different sub jects appear to be suggested, seems to require that the manner and means by which Judge Thompson was brought before the public as a candidate should receive the first consideration. These subjects, therefore, will be the first con H B He Br! It Hi I Hs I Ra le Ha Hi He Ha H He fl Hi fl _Hie odious act should be repealed. The petitions of the people against the unjust act were rejected. Was the invasion of the rights of the people oa the Colonies, as thought to have been indicated by the oircumstances, really intended by the British government? Let trie mighty conse quences which followed answer the question.— What was then thought to be indicated by the circumstances, has long sinca become the truth of history, and confirmed by the independence of the Colonies, achieved by a seven year's war with Great Britain ; by the illustrious character ot Washington in leading the armies and fight ing fhe battles of freedom ; by our unequaled Federal Constitution, an d more by a great and mighty nation, the home of more than thirty millions of free and happy people having the motto engraven upon their hearts that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Is there any analogy between the circum stances thus believed to have fore-shadowed these gieat events and now proven to have been their indication, and those by which Judge Thomp son became a candidate for the Judicial Office of this Circuit ? It is believed there is, and I now propose to examine the circumstances rela tive to Judge Thompson's becoming a candidate and show that analogy. By the Constitution of Virginia, adopted June 29, 1776, the Judges were appointed by a joint baliot of the two Houses of Assembly, and com missioned by the Governor to continue in office during good behavior. The character of their appointment, and the condition of their contin uing in office together with causes and means of removal virtually gave them the office for life, without regard to their fitness to perform the duties required. It is true a Judge was liable to be removed for mal administration, corruption, or incapacity, had the constitutional provision been more free from difficulties and thus avail able for that purpose. The mere incapacity oi advancing age, while he had even an imperfect command of the faculties of his mind and could get to the court-room, was no sufficient cause for removal of a judge; because no Virginian with a Virginia heart, however ranch aggrieved, could have asked, that a judge be romoved for such a cause, and have taken steps to accompli*-b the object; but, if so, then such a person would have been driven from the tribunal, with indig nation and scorn, and from Virginia a3 obnox ious to her spirit find institutions. Then, to have removed a Judge for any cause, if that had been even possible, it would have been for "mal-administration or corruption."— Could it have been done for these? I recollect of no removal, though I do remember one case where the attempt waa made, ou account of al leged official misconduct. The removal of the Judge was not accomplished ; and it was possi bly right that it so -resulted. The difficulty to remove a Judge was this :— the offence charged to have been committed, as well as the evidence to establish it, had to be submitted to the House of Delegates for its de cision, whether the charge was proper, and the evidence sufficient to sustain it. If these ques tions were decided in the affirmative, the House might impeach the Judge so accused, to be pros ecuted in the Court of Appeals; and "if found guilty, he was to be forever disabled to hold of fice under Government, or removed from such office pro tempore, or subjected to such pains or penalties as the law should direct" according to the judgment of that Court. Here it will be perceived that there were three penalties pre scribed to the conviction of a Judge, whatever may have been his offence. By the first he was removed from office forever; by the secaud, only removed pro tempore, or suspended from his of fice for a time; aud by the third, no removal at all, but merely "subjected to pains or penalties," as the Court should decide. By the sixth section of the fifth article of the amended Constitution of Virginia, adopted Jan uary 14th, 1830, "a Judge could be removed from office by a concurrent vote of both houses of tbe General Assembly; but two-thirds of the members had to concur in such vote." This was a modification of tbe Constitution adopted 29th June, 1776, as to the plan of removing a Judge; but there was no change made as to his election. With this modification, the law, as to election, tenure of office, and removal of a Judge, continued tbe same until the amended Constitu tion of August Ist, 1851, was adopted and went into operation. Tbe evils of tbis system of elec tion and removal Irom office are manifest.— When a vacancy occurred iv the Judiciary, the moral and legal qualifications of the candidate to fill the place were not so much considered as bis party predilections, zeal and service, or bis family intlueuce. Added to the evil and to its aggravation, the members of the General Assem bly, except those representing the vacant Cir cuit, being from the more or loss distant coun ties of the State, and thus such strangers to tbe material of tho Circuit, were more or less depen dent upon the information furnished them by the representatives of that Circuit, to enable tbem to make a choice. Did tbey always seek that information? and if so, were tbe representations able to give it ? I imagine not. In tbis way, the Judge must bave been nearly always thus virtually elected by tbe representatives of his Circuit, numbering usually from eight to ten in dividuals. But, as a compensation for this ap parent evil, I do believe those eight or ten were generally lawyers. Junius. Virginia. Courtesy.—Mr. Sennott, counsel for Stevens and Hazlett, who were executed at Charlestown, Va., on Friday last, in a letter to the Richmond Euqniier says: "Gov. Letcher gave me no 'assurances' of any sort except a very kind promise of au introduc tion to some Judge of the Court *of Appeals, if I came here to conduct Stevens' Appeal from the Circuit Court. The hearing before the commit tee so generously accorded to me, was. obtained by going up to the Capitol, accosting tbe first Senator I met, stating my errand and my name, and asking for it! I never was in the city be fore, and had not a single acquaintance in it! i may mistake, but I do not believe that such a courteous, rnagtianimotts action would be per formed for a person coming upon such an errand by any other Legislature iv tbfl world. I will! add that in other parts ot Virginia I have beeu j well treated* but here, I have experienced a! hospitaiity that 1 have as yet done nothing to 1 merit —tbat no stranger could have a right to ex ; pect, and that will make me remember the city of Kicbuioud very long. i For the Spectator. To the Editors of the Spectator. Messrs. Editors .-—The dog that was hnng fo: j worrying sheep rejoiced in the name of "Brutus' —the negro who was whipped for stealing, chickens was called "Caesar"—many poor idiol sons have been christened "George Washington' by their hoping and partial parents. Fancy, vanity, or caprice can give any name to any thing ; and therefore it is not surprising thai your magniloquent correspondent, who prancec 1 into the arena a few weeks ago, calling upoc the World to stand still and listen, while he, "constrained by a sense of justice to the commu nity—as well as to the two distinguished gen tlemen now candidates before the public, for th« important aud responsible office of Judge,' should "examine carefully and fairly the pre tensions of the respective candidates, and theii respective qualifications for the high position,' and who now stands confessed the unscrupulous partizan of one of them, and too much prejudicec against the other and his friends to do them tin justice which truth demands, should arrogate tc himself the great name pf "Junius." It seems that this "second Daniel come tc judgment," thh just and carejully fair man, in stigated by no consideration but that of ex pounding to his fellow-citizens the just preten sions and qualifications of "two distinguished gentlemen has been knocked into pie, lashed into fury, and, "with great reluctance,' I drive "to the uecessity oi diverging from the plan pro posed," when he modestly ordered "silence" in the world, by the unpretending effort of yout correspondent "Z"—not to assail Mr. Fultz, buf simply to defend Judge Thompson against Air. Fultz's charges, made over his own name, a gainst his honorable and unoffending competitor. Was that defence founded in truth? The great "Junius"does uot question it; he does not pre tend that wh_t is called the "deeping docket" is not eutirely made up, as "Z" affirmed, of causes nor ready tor trial. It he would venture such denial, the record would put him to shame —for there the list of causes stands to speak for itself. There are about sixty—all told ; and hie friend Mr. Fultz is marked as counsel to ten ot them. Surely his great advocate will not pre tend that Mr. Fultz would have submitted in silence to have his clients put upon the "sleep ing docket" if any thing could be done in the case. Surely he will do him the justice to be lieve, that the interests of his clients, and his duty to them, would, without the spur of a can vass for the office of Judge, have compelled him, long since, to tell, tiiat "secret out of school" a , bout "that sleeping docket" if their causes, being ready for trial, had been put there to sleep.— j But the wonderful wisdom of "Junius" has con l*j ceived this briiiiant idea, that though none of "these cases are ready for trial, yet they should placed on the issue docket, "so as to arouse thqm from tlpeir sleep at least twice a year and se . they v,anted any attention." Well, this is a rp'K-stiou oi expediency, convenience and or der, in reference to which, this wonderful man thiuks oi c way-, while the experience of lawyers, clerks and Tn-'ges has brought them to a differ ent conciusic . "Junius" may be right after all, and when he becomes to be Judge we shall see what we shall see. If Mr. Fultz in his card had admitted what his friend uov virtually admits, that this docket was made up of causes nut ready for trial, and merely suggested, as his friend now suggests, that they should be called over twice a year "to see if they wanted any attention," "Z" would never have written a word on the ques tion, but would have left, it, as one of very small consequence, for the people to decide. But Mr. Fultz did not ohoose to do so. He entitled it "that long continued relic of justice delayed, en tailed upon us by an irresponsible Judiciary," and delared that it should "be waked up and no longer have a place on our records." Will the "fair" and "just" author of "Junius" pretend that he only meant by this announcement in his card to remove tiiese causes from one list to an other, and let them sleep on ? Was that the waking up ho intended? Why then did he call it "a relic of justice delayed?" Why did he declare it should "no longer have a place on the records?" Would it not still be on the record, if only removed from one page of the docket book to auother? Could it justly be termed a "relic of justice delayed, entailed upon us by an irresponsible Judiciary," if it was only a list of casusesin which all had been done that could be done, and which only waited for the future ne cessity of further action ? Is it possible that the friends af Mr. Fultz are now driven to the pretension, that by that remarkable sentence, he did not mean any charge oi inefficiency or want of industry in the present Judge ; but only meant as a matter ot expediency ai.d convenience, be would transfer the cause.*- from the "sleeping dockot" to the "issue docket," and let them -leep ou, just as they do now, till "they wanted attention?" If this is what was meant, let it b a spoken out; let the people understand clearly that Mr. Fultz did not intend to charge ineffi ciency on his competitor, by his reference to this sleeping docket, and "Z" is content —that his explanation of that docket shall go for nothing. He did not write for victory, or to criminate any one, but simply to do justice to an upright and faithful public seivaut, whom he considered most unjustly assailed. This wonderful man, "Junius," complains of "Z" for saying that "Mr. Fultz had ventured to charge his opponent with inefficiency and neglect oi duty, such as, if cou tinued, tiie wheels of justice, already retarded in their movement, must soon cease to roli on," and informs us that he "got Mr. Fultz's card and read it carefully, and mirabile dictu! (which means in plain English, 'Wonderful to be told') he could not find Judge Thompson's name, even, iv the whole card." Is the admirable "Junius" —that fair, just, and impartial teacher of the people, driven to rest the defence of his friend, on a disreputable quibble? lie plainly means to be understood that Mr. Fultz, in his card, has uot made the charge of iuefficiency or neglect ot duty against Judge Thompson. Does "Junius" speak in earnest and by authority ? The hair spun sophistry of his positions would seem to indic_to that lie did. And so, after the honest aud well-meaning voters**,!' tho Circuit had been led to believe, for the last two months, that iheit* Judge was an idle and unfaithful drone, (tor uo fair-minded man can read those cards and come to any other conclusion, if he believes their author) after the charge had been triumph al Uy refuted by the records of the county, and the Judge demonstrated to have been persecuted and calumniated, his accusers come forward and say they never meant to make such charges a gainsthim; that they cannot find "his name, even," in connection with the charge ; that they are innocent of any such persecution aud ca lumny ; that they meant somebody else, and cer tainly not Judge Thompson. Well, this is very satisfactory so far as Judge Thompson is con cerned, and let me assure the redoubtable "Ju nius" that if tho "Z" could have understood Mr. Fultz's card in the way it has been explained to him, he never would have written a word, with all his imputed malignity agaiust Mr. Fultz. But if Mr. Fultz did not meau Judge Thompson, we simple-minded peo pie are all dyi-g of curiosity to know whom he did mean ? We look with eager impatience to the brilliant intellect of "Junius" to enlighten us. Yes, dear "Junius"—wbo —tell us wbo "has re tarded tbe wheels of justice" so that they must "soon cease to roll i>n?" You say it was not Judge Thomson—that he is not even named in connec tion with the foul charge. Then wbo is it, thou brilliant star of our hopes—tell us, that we "may immolate the criminal. There are many things we would like to know of thee—such as bow thy alluring eye detected the malignity of those writers in tbe Spectator and the Vindicator ?— "Z" and others were simple enough to suppose they were merely defending Judge Tbompson a against charges that they (unwisely as it now ap pears) supposed had beeu made upon bim—that they had refrained from bringing into question at all the merits or fitness of your friend Mr. Fultz, whatever they may have thought ol them. But thy eagle eye, O, p&ragap ol fairness, jus tice and impartiality ! bath discovered the lurk \ntr malignity which thou bast "rarely known equalled." Thou hast bravely disclosed that they "assailed and tortured" thy honorable friend. Dear "Juuins"—you should not suffer that World, wbich you have held listening on tip-toe, for tbe last three weeks, to die iv igno rance of the reasonings by whioh you arrived ! at your conclusions. You owe it to tbat cause j of justice wbich you worship, to extract from those communications, and expose to tbe light, i every word and sentence which indicates tbat maliguity, and assails aud tort tires your friend.] Tho cbiug bad eluded the vision of duller mor tals but it would bo treason to yonr higher in ulligence to doubt, for a moment, that it is clear to you. Pick out those guilty wcrda and sen tences then, array them together in glaring cap-: itals, and explain them to u> in enob simple! phrase as we may under.-taud ami Quite with j you in condemning. Do tbis, and in return 11 promise to satisfy your laudable curiosity, and tell you who I am. I know yon a~e dying to be told; but for the present will only say, dear "Junius," you mistake me entirely. I have no "pension," great or small. Ido not "rear back" in walking, but am so round-shouldered that my friends have great fear for my lungs. lam silent and unobtrusive, to a fault ; my voice is seldom heard, and the .'Seneca Jims" stumble over me as they "strut." lam almost a* mod. st as my and heartily despise all would-be great men. So far from having a contempt for the intelligence of the people, I am one of them my self; one of the humblest among them, but so highly do I appreciate their intelligence, that I very much fear, unless my dear "Junius" ex plains himself further, they will mistake him for an upstart demagogue, seeking to mislead them by false pretences, which would be a "monstrous injustice." I have never entertained a sentiment of hatred for Mr. Fultz, thoueh I am far from approving him; and acknowledge* deci-Jed partiality for Judge Thompsou, founded naturally on the fact that he is as modest, unob trusive and unpretending as myself—fearless of consequences when duty prompts him—in the words of the mighty "Junius" done into Eng lish, "he will do justice though tho Heavens fall." Let all who want a time serving Judge be sure to vote against him. My bumble signa ture is still the last of the alphabet. Z. For the Spectator. To Middle River and North Mountain. I endeavored to be, and I thought I was, suffi ciently explicit in my card in tbe Vindicator of the 3d, and Spectator of the 7th of Feb., to sat isfy all who had wi desire to be convinced, that I had no intention of employing th;* present Sheriff or any of his deputies; and that Middle River and North Mountain and all others con cerned may distinctly understand wl»a» I mean by saying No, I aver that I shall not e»*if»bj t he present Sheriff or any of his depnties duri-'g the next terra of the Sheriffalty; neither do i ex pect to employ any of the other candidate-- as deputies, nor be employed by any of them. March 15, 1860, James M. Lilley. Gov. Letcher stated in his recent message to the Legislature, on the subject of extending the session, that there were before the House and Senate 866 bills in various stages of forwardness. JVEW ADVERTISEMENTS. PUBLIC SALE OF REAL ANI> PERSON AL PROPERTY.-By virtue of the will of An drew Withrow, dec'd., we will offer for sale on the 12th day of April, next, if fair, if not, on the first fair day thereafter, at public auction, on t_e premises the following property .* A valuable HOUSE with a LOT of about half an A cre, situated in the town of Lexington, on Main St directly opposite the Gazette Office, and late the resi dence of Andrew Withrow, dec'd. The house is a three story Brick, having two good rooms for busi ness in the basement. Also, at the same place, a valuable TAN-YARD, situated in the Eastern part of the town of Lexington* It has been successfully operated for years, and is at present in good repair. Also, several valuable LOTS, two of which lie be tween Lexington and North River, fronting on the Plank Road, nearly opposite the Va. Military Insti tute, and containing together about 7 Acres. * Anoth er lying South-east of ihe latter, about one-eight of a mile, but conveniently situated for a pasture Jot, con taining about three Acres. The titles to the above described property are clear. To persons wishing to buy, tbe property will be shown by J. S. McNutt, of Lexington. There will also be offered f<>r sale at the same time and place some Personal Property which it is unnecessary to describe. Terms of sale will be accommodating, and will be made known on the day of sale. WM. WITHROW, J. R. McXCTT, March 20, 'HO.—tds. Ex'rs of A. Withrow, dec'd. 1860. ' SIMPSON & MILLER. Sf-ONa AND _-_t__Eß READY-MADE CLOTHING, 119 Main St., Richmond. WE would most respectfully invite our friends __d tbe public generally to call on us and examine our stock of superior READY-MADE CLOTHING. Our stick is larger this season than we have ever ex hibited before. 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Also, Everett's Elements of Vocal Music. £,0 cents Sent by Kail Post-paid, Richmond, March _0, 188%. NOTICE! NOTICE! ! THE firm of STCART k ANDERSON, Newport, Augusta co., was dissolved the 16th of March, 1360, by mutual consent. The accounts are made out up to the Ist ot January, ISOO. All persons knowing themselves indebted to the firm are requested to come forward and settle. STUART k AKDERSON. lIDEE3ON will continue bus. - a n-J the and respectfully thanks the | share of ioriuer patronage and hi on to business to receive the same 1860—81 A. W. ANDERSON". >INIA CENTRAL RAILROAIj. 1 leral Superintendent's Office, V Richmond, Va., March 1 _*, 1860. j -• —The Board of Directors ot this compa e determined to discontinue the runnini- L AND PASSENGER *-— ween Gordonsville and ______SS_________ i Sundays, after the Ist dat op April, will be run between Richmond aud Gor heretofore. THOS. DODAMEAD, 1860.— -2w. 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TlOlf SPIKINGTiiIX militia.— ny "I" will parade at Spring Hill ou A relay in April, next, at 11 o'clock, A. $J iiirpose of electing a Captain aud Ist V utenants. * l ii the Colonel, G- W. IMBODEN. IS6O.—V. copy. Adj't 160 th Reg't. TION CHURCIIVIL,L_TIIILI •Parade at your usual place of muster i (Churchville) on the Ist Saturday in April, next, £J at 11 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of electing a y Captain and Ist and 2nd Lieutenants. Jt By order of the Colonel, G. W. IMBODEN, March 20. IB6O—V. copy. Adj't 160 th Reg't. ATTENTION MOUNTAIN GUARD.— 4 Parade at Spring Hill on Saturday, April & 7th, at 11 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of elect- Tfl ing a Captain of said Company. ■*-- By order of the Colonel, G. W. IMBODEN, March 80, IB6O—V. copy. Adj't 160 th Reg't. TTENTION MlLlTlA.— Company II will parade at Jacob Nell'sou the 2nd Saturday j in April, next, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to elect a Cap- a tain, vice Captain A. G. Fulton, removed. By order of the Colonel, ■«• G. W. IMBODEN, Adj't 160 th Re>-'t. March 20,1SG0—V. copy. PAINTS, &C.--000 lbs Lewis' Pure Lead, lioo lbs Brooklyn Star Lead, 1000 lbs Snow While.— Also, Oils, Brushes, Colors, Glass and Patty for sale at p. H. TROUT & CO. Staunton, March 20. 1860. "VTOTlCE.— Persons having unsettled accounts J. 1 with me connected with mv Tannery operations, are respectfully requested to come forward and settle. If notes are executed 'he money will not be requested. March _, 1860—3ts. H. S. GALLAHER. brat rate Cook and Washer-wo- V\ mas for the balance ot the year. Apply at the Spectator Office. March -i>', Ir-* l ''')* _____ I?OK HIRE.- A NEGRO BLACK SMI 1 .1 , c_ng Jf and reliable. Apply to J. A. PAI 1 . March '20, 1860. Lovingston, Nelson •., Va. 7Tl*A__r.—36x4B, 8 x_4, L'-.x_,~>, 24x3-, .4, and